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April 10, 2008
Environmental Groups ANnounce Landmark Agreement to Limit Oil Development and Protect Lands in SB County
The Environmental Defense CEnter (EDC), Get Oil Out! (GOO), and Citizens Planning Assoc. of SB (CPA) announced today that they have signed an historic and unprecedented agreement that will allow for development by Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) of the Tranquillon Ridege Oil and Gas Field off Lompoc, while curtailing the life of existing oil and gas operations offshore Lompoc and the gaviota Coast.
February 19, 2008
Environmental Defense Center Receives Ryerson Memorial Award
The Jim Ryerson Environmental Memorial Award was presented to Santa Barbara's Environmental Defense Center on Tuesday, February 19, which would have been Mr. Ryerson's 62nd birthday.
November 19, 2007
Harriet Miller Joins Environmental Defense Center Board
Former Santa Barbara Mayor and City Councilmember Harriet Miller has joined
the Board of Directors of the Environmental Defense Center (EDC). Ms. Miller served
as the Executive Director of the AARP in Washington D.C. and as the elected State
Superintendent of Education in Montana before moving to Santa Barbara in 1981.
Open
Ocean Aquaculture in the Santa Barbara Channel:
An emerging challenge for the Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary. A report by the Conservation Working Group of the CINMS
Advisory Council. Adopted by the CINMS Advisory Council on July
20, 2007.
July 13,
2007
Environmental Defense Center Names David Landecker as New Executive
Director
The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) announced today that it
has hired long-time community activist, businessman and attorney
David J. Landecker as its new Executive Director. Landecker is
a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and has been active
in environmental law and policy for more than thirty years, including
six years on EDC's Board of Directors in the 1990s.
May 29,
2007
Changes in the Works for
Nonprofit Environmental Law Firm
The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) announced today that its
Executive Director, Cameron Benson, will be leaving to assume
a new role as the City of Santa Barbara's Creeks Restoration and
Water Quality Manager.
May
18, 2007
California
Coastal Protection Network
Applauds Governor’s Decision to TERMINATE BHP Billiton’s
LNG Terminal Proposal Offshore California
The California Coastal Protection Network (CCPN) and its legal
counsel, the Environmental
Defense Center (EDC), today praised Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
decision to veto
BHP Billiton’s controversial proposal to build a massive
floating Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) storage and regasification terminal off the Oxnard-Malibu
coast.
May
8, 2007
Grant Funding
Secured for
Mission Creek Steelhead Recovery Project
The
nonprofit Environmental Defense Center (EDC) and City of Santa
Barbara’s Creeks Restoration and Water Quality Improvement
Division have received significant grants to fund the next phase
of the Mission Creek Steelhead Recovery Project.
March
5, 2007
EPA Bowed To Political Pressure to Remove
Requirements for BHP Billiton
LNG Terminal Air Permit. No
Legal Analysis to Justify EPA Reversal Exists; Agency
Stonewalls Request to Turn Over Key Documents
February
6, 2007
Firestone Admits Conflict of Interest: Santa Barbara Supervisor
Brooks Firestone acknowledged today that he has a disqualifying
financial conflict of interest regarding the County's proposed
changes to the "Uniform Rules."
November
17, 2006
Coastal Commission Approves UCSB Housing Plan: Environmentalists
help secure protection of 70 acres of open space and 40 coastal
wetlands
September
14, 2006
Peirce and Keely Shay Brosnan Join the Efforts of CCPN and
EDC to Stop the Proposed BHP Billiton LNG Terminal off the Coast
of Malibu and Oxnard. Free screening on "An Inconvenient
Truth" to be held in Malibu Friday, September 15.
August
14, 2006
Report Details Lives of Local Indigenous Farmworkers. Family,
Employment, and Health Patterns Among Topics Covered
August
11, 2006
Long-awaited Mission Creek Flood Control Project Receives Coastal
Commission Approval EDC,
City and Corps reach Agreement on Habitat Protection Measures
August
3, 2006
ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS CHALLENGE PROPOSED AIR PERMIT FOR CABRILLO PORT LIQUEFIED
NATURAL GAS (LNG) PROJECTPermit would violate state and federal
Clean Air laws
April
28, 2006
State Pesticide Agency Appeals Court Decision Meant to Protect
Public Health
Court Had Sided with Citizen Groups and State Health Agency Asking
for Strict Standards on Highly Toxic Fumigant
March
6, 2006
Court Rules State Pesticide Agency Failed to Adequately Protect
Public and Farmworkers from Dangerous Pesticide
November
2, 2005
Federal
Government Appeals Offshore Oil Ruling. Secretary of Interior
Objects to Court Judgment Requiring Full Environmental Review
For Oil Lease Extensions
A Water Quality Needs Assessment for the Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary
Anthropogenic
Noise and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary:
How Noise Affects Sanctuary Resources,
and What We Can Do About It.
August
11 , 2005
California Coastal Commission
Objects to
Offshore Oil and Gas Leases
March
30, 2005
Federal Judge Rules that US Fish & Wildlife Service
Improperly Denied Endangered Species Protection for San Fernando
Valley Spineflower
March
9, 2005
Bush Administration Sued Over Oil and Gas Lease Extensions
Off California Coast
January
7, 2005
Coast Guard to Suspend Review of Cabrillo Port Liquefied
Natural Gas Project
December 2, 2004
Environmental and Farmworker Advocacy Groups File Lawsuit Challenging
New Methyl Bromide Regulations
October
17 , 2004
Grand Opening of the Central Coast Environmental Health Project
September 1, 2004
US EPA Agrees to Issue Water Permits to Oil Platforms
August
12, 2004
Conservation Groups Call Hearst Ranch Proposal a Bad Deal
Improvements Needed to Protect the Environment and Taxpayers,
Say Groups
August
7, 2004
Santa Barbara Citizens Convene to Count Endangered Steelhead in
Local Creeks
July
26, 2004
Public Provided Opportunity
to Comment on Impacts From New Offshore Oil and Gas Development
July
26, 2004
California Tiger Salamander Protected
In Central California Under Federal Endangered Species Act; Santa
Barbara and Sonoma Populations Downlisted to "Threatened"
June
7, 2004
Environmental Defense Center Hosts 11th Annual Benefit Auction
& Environmental Hero Awards
April
14, 2004
EDC's Central
Coast Environmental Health Project Receives Major Grant Award
The California Endowment Funds 3-Year Grant for Farmworker Outreach
and Education
April 7, 2004
Former Santa Barbara Mayor Harriet Miller Joins Environmental
Defense Center Advisory Board
February 19, 2004
New Report Urges Collaboration to Protect
Kids from Pesticides
Steps should be taken by Schools, Farms,
Elected Officials
January 28, 2004
SB City Council Implements Landmark Pesticide Reduction Policy
with Unanimous Vote
Policy Includes 15 Pesticide-Free Parks, Public Representation
January 27,
2004
City Council Set To Take Stance On Pesticide
Use
Groups Call for Pesticide Free Parks, Public Representation
January 22, 2004
Environmental Groups Sue US EPA for Failing
to Issue Water Permits to Oil Platforms
Bush Administration Refusal to Issue Permits Leads to Continued
Pollution Discharges into Pacific Ocean
January 13, 2004
Environmental Defense Center Receives
Major Grant Award from the Santa Barbara Foundation
January
9, 2004
Environmental Groups Appeal to
Ninth Circuit to Protect Endangered Unarmored Threespine Stickleback
December 11,
2003
Court Orders Federal Government to Comply with Judgment Directing
State Review of Offshore Oil Leases
December 3, 2003
Environmental Defense Center Names New Executive Director
November 13, 2003
Local Groups Highlight Flaws in Proposed
Methyl Bromide Regulations
October
10, 2003
Environmental Defense Center Hosts
2003 Ventura County Environmental Hero Awards
October
2, 2003
Environmental Groups and Halaco Settle Pollution Lawsuits
August
21, 2003
Environmental Groups Oppose Changes to Coastal Zone Management
Rules
August
8, 2003
Lawsuit Forces Critical Habitat Designation for Tiger Salamander
July
17, 2003
Environmental Groups Sue to Protect San Fernando Valley Spineflower
May
13, 2003
Coastal Environmentalists Envision Blueprint for Conservation
of Hearst Ranch
May
6, 2003
Environmental Defense Center and Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper Receive
Donations from International Academy of Santa Barbara
April
23, 2003
EDC Settlement Requires Recovery Plan for Tidewater Goby
March
31, 2003
State to Finally Review Oil Leases off California's Coast
February
25, 2003
Groups Seek Critical Habitat Designation for Tiger Salamander
January
14, 2003
EDC Wins Case Challenging Stormwater Runoff Rule
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December
3, 2002
Groups Oppose Piecemeal Review of Proposed Development at Naples
December
2, 2002
California Coast Receives Reprieve From Threat of Offshore Oil
Drilling
September
18, 2002
Pesticide Safety Laws Fail To Protect Farmworkers
September
12, 2002
Governor Signs Pesticide Safety Bill
September
6, 2002
Environmental Groups Appeal Approval of Industrial Project Near
Ormond Beach
August
27, 2002
Pesticide Safety Bill Passes Legislature
July
31, 2002
EDC and ECOSLO Challenge Changes to Atascadero General Plan
June
12, 2002
Groups File Lawsuit To Protect Habitat
at North Shore on Oxnard Coast
June
8, 2002
Californians Ask President Bush To Protect
Coast From Oil Development
May
23, 2002
Groups Demand Agency Action To
Protect Santa Clara River Valley
May
8, 2002
Coastal Commission Fails To Protect
Imperiled Species At Oceano Dunes
May
7, 2002
Oak Habitat Protected at Santa
Ysabel Ranch
May
3, 2002
Southern California Steelhead Trout
Included In Protection Efforts
April
25, 2002
Local Groups Win Major Victory
in Duke Power Plant Expansion Project
March
6, 2002
Groups Sue San Luis Obispo County To Enforce
Settlement Agreement
February
25, 2002
Groups Resolve Lawsuit With City of Grover Beach On Industrial
Park
February
19, 2002
Community Groups Call For Action Against
Halaco
February
8, 2002
Environmental Groups Respond to Threat of More Oil Drilling
February
5, 2002
EDC Joins Lawsuit To Protect Habitat For Nearly Extinct Fish
February
5, 2002
Conservation, Fishing Groups To Sue Feds
Over Missed Southern Steelhead Trout Conservation Deadline
January
30, 2002
Santa Barbara Foundation Funds Environmental Health Project
January
7, 2002
Victory Celebration for the Environment
January
4, 2002
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